The Olympian from Olympia, Washington • 11

I 4 te a I 4 FOOTBALL GOLF US OPEN Afredsson sizzles while McGann fizzles said Alfredsson whose closest challenger was Hiromi Kobayashi of Japan heading into Sunday's final round been hitting my irons pretty good this week and been helping me to get some pretty said Alfredson who made birdie putts of 5 5 and 11 feet and an eagle putt of 5 feet 1 was really said Kobayashi who started the day tied with Alfredsson at 6-under and shot a 71 Pat Bradley the 1981 champion moved into contention with the low round of 68 and was at 210 along with Donna Andrews whose 69 included four consecutive birdies starting at the seventh hole a tot of players who are really tightly knit who are in the Bradley said not putting a lot of pressure on Record setter: Helen Alfredsson takes a three-stroke lead Meanwhile Michelle McGann meets the bogey-man The Associated Press CARMEL Ind Michelle McGann the door with a flood of bogeys and Helen Alfredsson barged with a record performance for a two-stroke lead in the US Open While McGann bogeyed the first four holes on Saturday Alfredsson was putting together a 3-under-par 69 giving her a record 54-hole score of 207 was striking the ball pretty good to myself This is a great week for me" Bradley a Hall of Earner surprised the low scores on the Crooked Stick If Club course which at 6311 yard is third-longest in Open history course is very scorable If you drive it correctly it sets you up for bang able to go in with your second she said you drive it not so well it lengthens out quite Nancy Lopez seeking to win the only mqjor title that has eluded her in a Hall of Fame career was another stroke back at 211 after shooting 70 Also 5-under through 54 holes were Dina Ammaccapane wno shot 70 and Ayako Okamoto who had a 71 The champion will earn $144000 from a record purse of $800000 Alfredsson 28 a six-time Swedish national champion eclipsed the tournament 54-hole record of 208 set by Amy Alcott in 1980 and matched by fellow swede Lis-elotte Neumann in 1988 Alcott and Neumann each went on to win the Open Alfredsson took the lead with birdies on Nos 7 and 8 and an eagle on the 435-yard par-5 ninth Alfredsson who began playing on the tour last year and posted her first victory in this first mqjor the Nabisco Dinah Shore had a 4-under 32 on the front nine The leader had two bogeys a birdie and six pars on the back Kobayashi who started the day tied with Alfredsson and two shots behind McGann gained two strokes on par to get to 8-under but bogeyed 16 and shot a 71 MARINERS Dtek Milligan Tha Otympian ON THE RUN: Chris Warren is looking for some longer runs this season i time for lino Dues paid: As his batting average climbs and the home runs mount Tino Martinez is coming into his own as a nugor leaguer By Jeff Redd The Olympian Backup right fielder the position normally reserved for the end-of-the-bench kid who used one of those dime store plastic mitts and wore a baseball hat that was two sizes too big As a freshman in high school that was the position Constantino Martinez was relegated to He destined to stqy there long but as a ninth-grader at Tampa (Fla Catholic High School Martinez was thrilled just to make the varsity He was after all suiting up with Rich Monteleone and Lance McCullers who would both go on to major-league pitching careers But fresh-faced freshman or not Martinez and his sweet left-handed swing could not be saddled to the bench think play Martinez recalled of that glorious season started out as a backup right fielder But I got a chance to play first base and went on to have a great season and we won the state The freshman just fill in at first base He hit 430 and word spread quickly about this young kid scouts started coming around and that was the first time I knew I might have a shot at making it in this he said That early glimpse at talent was no aberration He would go on to a magnificent college career play for the gold-medal winning US team in the 1988 See TinoB2 Warren is in rush to help Hawks Ready to go: Seattle running back Chris Warren wants to improve on his 1000 yards rushing last season The Associated Press KIRKLAND As the Seattle Seahawks sank to a 2-14 record last season Chris Warren was racking up mileage He rushed for 1000 yards while his team posted its worst-ever record That been lost on his coaches is as physically gifted as any of them in terms of size and speed and athletic Seahawks running backs coach Clarence Shelmon said think our record took away from what he accomplished last year Emmitt Smith of Dallas was the top rusher with 1713 yards on 373 carries an average of 46 yards per carry -last season Barry Foster of Pittsburgh led the AFC with 1690 yards on 390 cap ries a 43 average Cowbqys went 13-3 and won the Super Bowl Steelers won the AFC Central with an 11-5 record and went to the playoffs Warren ranked fifth in the AFC in rushing with 1017 yards on 223 carries a 46 average realize rushing average was as good as Emmitt average on 150 hiss Shelmon said he been able to run the ball 350-or-some times he also would have had 1700 In 1992 Smith and Foster were the consensus all-pro running backs Warren got to go to the Pro Bowl but only because teammate and friend Cortez Kennedy the 1992 Defensive Player of theYear bought him a plane ticket The Seahawks showed Warren what they thought of him during the offseason In April the dub took just 15 minutes to match a three-year $335 million offer sheet given to Warren by the New York Jets as an unrestricted free agent want to have a better year than I did last Warren said year was like my rookie year I think I surprised a lot of people I had good games last year but we still lost And the main thing is to win games in this TINO MARTINEZ: Tm feeling pretty good now and looking forward to a strong second win thanks to Griffey Holman Mariners 6 Indians 5 Heroics: Ken Griffey Jr hits a home run for the fifth straight game and Brad Holman records his second save Highlights: Seattle blows a 5-1 lead for Tim Leary then rallies as Rich Amaral's single scores the winning run record: 49-49 in the AL West 4 games behind first-place Chicago Today: Seattle's Dave Fleming (6-1) vs Cleveland's Jose Mesa (9-6) 10:35 am at Cleveland Stadium (TV: KSTW Channel 1 1 (Radio: KMAS 1030 KGY 1240) promoted him on Juy 3 Holman is trying to help replace Mariners stopper Norm Charlton who is on the disabled list with a strained flexor muscle in the left elbow know if I like the pressure or what but exciting to say the Holman said of his bullpen role starters rear back and throw hard like Norm does not the kind of guy who throws 95 miles per hour or who has unbelievable stuff I really have to Cleveland trailed 5-0 before rallying to tie the game at 5-all on a three-run home run by Albert Belle in the seventh off Jeff Nelson (3-1) Amaral who is 18-for-37 against the Indians this year then delivered his two-out game winner in the eighth against JenyDiPoto (1-1) came from way down to tie it and had our chances after that but we couldn't get it Cleveland manager Mike Hargrove said has killed us all In tho majors: Anthony Young loses his 27th straight game for the New York Mets I B4 The Associated Press CLEVELAND Ken Griffey Jr and Brad Holman are exceeding their expectations and keeping the Seattle Mariners in the AL West pennant chase The Mariners edged Cleveland 6-5 Saturdw night when Rich Amaral snapped an eighth-inning tie with a runscoring single Griffey tied a dub record by hitting a home run in his fifth consecutive game and Holman earned his second save with 1 hitless innings The Mariners remained in fourth place four games behind division-leading Chicago explain said Griffey whose solo home run was his 27th and matched the five-game streak set by Richie Zisk set in 1981 hit maybe five home runs a month and that's in my good month I figured hit 25 (fin: the Holman was primarily a starter at Class AAA Calgary before the Mariners Th Allocated Pin FIVE STRAIGHT: Ken Griffey Jr's home run binge continues Inside: Trouble in Dallas B3 Keep your eye on the ball Khoa Nguygen of Santa Clara Calif sets up a serve Saturday morning during the opening round of table tennis play at the US Olympic scores AMERICANSeattle 6 Cleveland 5 Boston 5 Oakland 3 Kansas City 6 Detroit 3 New York 5 California 3 Baltimore 9 Minnesota 2 Chicago 6 Milwaukee 5 Toronto 5 Texas 1 NATIONAUChicago 7 Houston 6 San Francisco 5 Philadelphia 4 Los Angeles 5 New York 4 Florida 2 Cincinnati 0 Atlanta 1 1 Pittsburgh 6 Colorado 9 St Louis 8 San Diego 11 Montreal 4 On this date 1S76 In Montreal Edwin Moses of the United States sets an Olympic record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 4763 The Morning Line Reds activate Mitchell but suspend him for 2 games The Cincinnati Reds activated Kevin Mitchell from the 15-day disabled list Saturday and gave reliever Greg Cadaret his release Mitchell who played for the Seattle Marin ters last season before being traded will immediately begin serving a team-imposed two-game suspension for an altercation with Manager Davey Johnson He'll be eligible Monday Mitchell disabled since July 9 with a pulled hamstring missed an off-day workout and the first game after the All-Star break He argued with Johnson when the manager confronted him in the clubhouse Juhr 16 Mitchell leads the team in batting Hanauer blisters course in Columbia Cup qualifying Chip Hanauer of Seattle drove Miss Budweiser to a course record 166193 mph in a qualifying run Saturday for the Budweiser Columbia Cup today in Richland Hanauer who continues to dominate the unlimited hydroplane circuit this season had set the old mark of 162402 mph on the Columbia River course Hanauer has won every unlimited race this year Other top qualifiers for race are Winston Eagle 161460 Kellogg's Frosted Flakes 159 398 Miss Circus Circus 158772 Miss T-Plus 157367 Tide 153830 and Albertson's American Spirit 148582 Festival in San Antonio Texas OUR REPORTB6 HAmoctetedPrw.